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Short haul

1 Amsterdam, Holland Forget Paris in springtime — as soon as the tulips are out, Amsterdam’s
the city to head to in 2013. April brings the long-awaited reopening of the
Rijksmuseum, with its famous Dutch art, followed a month later by the
reopening of the Van Gogh museum. Both coincide with the 400th anniversary
of the construction of Amsterdam’s Canal Ring, which remains beautifully
intact. The Dutch capital now has some seriously cool places to stay, most
notably the Andaz hotel (00 31 20 523 1234, amsterdam.prinsengracht.andaz.com),
where you can expect iPad-bearing reception staff, huge fish murals and